Chicago

Photography and Media

1948

Harry Callahan
American, 1912–1999

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Photography and Media

Artist: Harry Callahan
Title: Chicago
Place: United States (Artist's nationality)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1948
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Inscriptions: Unmarked recto; inscribed verso, on mount, upper center, in black ink: "Harry Callahan / Building Front La Salle St Chicago / 8x10 print / 8x10 negative / mounted by Harry Callahan"
Dimensions: Image/paper: 19.3 × 24.1 cm (7 5/8 × 9 1/2 in.); Mount: 35.6 × 38.1 cm (14 1/16 × 15 in.)
Credit Line: Peabody Fund
Reference Number: 1952.455

Chicago, Illinois, Art Institute of Chicago, “Photographs from the Peabody Collection,” July 15, 1956—September 1, 1956. (Peter Pollack)
Art Institute of Chicago, “Textures and Fragments of the City: 20th Century Photographs from the Art Institute of Chicago Collection,” August 4-July 29, 1973. (David Travis)
Chicago Historical Society, “The Chicago Street: 1860–2000,” June 19, 1989–January 1, 1990.
Tucson, Arizona, Center for Creative Photography, “Harry Callahan: The Photographer at Work,” January 27 - May 7, 2006; traveled to the Art Institute of Chicago, June 24 - September 24, 2006.

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